Peru seeks to quell looting after quake

Military trucks carrying supplies were swarmed on Saturday by dozens of people in the port city of Pisco, and survivors fought over cans of tuna and cartons of milk. In a soccer stadium, more than 500 people lined up at a lone truck that passed out packets of crackers, candy and toilet paper. When the food ran out, people rushed the truck screaming that they had not yet eaten.

President Alan Garcia vowed to re-establish order in areas hit by Wednesday8217;s magnitude-8 quake 8220;regardless of what it costs.8221;

8220;Whoever tries to cause a disturbance is going to face the consequences,8221; Garcia told reporters, as the government deployed an additional 1,000 soldiers to area. Authorities set up a number of food distribution points in Pisco but very little aid seemed to be arriving to the estimated 80,000 people affected by the quake.

At one end of a soccer field, families who had lost everything protected themselves in a half dozen makeshift shelters made of cardboard and blankets held up by wooden poles.